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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7422
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 7170
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CONVEYANCE OF A STATE RIGHT-OF-
WAY ON MILL STREET IN THE TOWN OF BERLIN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding any provision 1
of the general statutes, on or before July 1, 2019, the Commissioner of 2
Transportation shall solicit competitive bids to sell the Department of 3
Transportation's right-of-way over a parcel of land located in the town 4
of Berlin. Said parcel of land is .124 acre and is identified as the parcel 5
of land located at 161 Mill Street in the town of Berlin, and is further 6
identified as Lot 4 in Block 83BB of town of Berlin Tax Assessor's Map 7
10-3. The right-of-way extends approximately 50 feet from Mill Street 8
and ends approximately four feet from the building located at 161 Mill 9
Street. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the 10
Department of Transportation shall use an expedited process to sell 11
such right-of-way to the highest bidder and said sale shall not be 12
subject to the approval of the State Properties Review Board. 13
(b) The right-of-way shall remain under the care and control of the 14 Raised Bill No. 7422
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Department of Transportation until a sale is made in accordance with 15
the provisions of this section. The State Treasurer shall execute and 16
deliver any deed or instrument necessary for said sale. The 17
Commissioner of Transportation shall have the sole responsibility for 18
all other incidents of said sale. 19
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Commissioner of Transportation to invite bids for the
sale of a right-of-way over a parcel of land in the town of Berlin.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]